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Parameter: lat

Dataset: 
2018 Wire Flyer Oxygen data
Parameter: 
latitude
Master parameters information
Short Name:
 lat
Short Description:
 latitude
Official Name:
 latitude
No Data Value:
 nd
Description:
 

latitude, in decimal degrees, North is positive, negative denotes South; Reported in some datasets as degrees, minutes

Dataset-parameters information
Supplied Name: 
lat
Supplied Units: 
degrees North
Datatype: 
Float
Conversion Necessary: 
no
No Data Value: 
nd
Description: 

Latitude. This is either the ship or the flyer position, but it is the best position available. If the Flyer position was known, accounting for the tow cable, this is the value used here. If the flyer position was not known (e.g. maybe the winch cable counter failed), the ship position was recorded.

Dataset parameter types [rank]
Primary latitude variable